The
first Marvel treasury! This is one of a limited signed
edition by Stan Lee and John Romita. Marvel knew how
to kick things off with style.

Stories
include a great 2-page "Daily Bugle Extra",
"The Grotesque Adventure of Green Goblin",
"The Secrets of Spider-Man", "Spider-Man
Tackles the Torch", "The Birth of a Superhero"
(featuring that classic last panel--"Face it,
Tiger--You just hit the jackpot!"), "The
Reprehensible Riddle of the Sorcerer", "And
Death Shall Come", plus a famous covers gallery!
Oh, and a pin-up of Spidey benchpressing other stars
of the Marvel stable.

Art
by Ditko, Romita, Jack Kirby, Ross Andru, and Gil Kane.
The dynamic layouts and draftsmanship of these guys
really worked in this larger format. Could not be a
better start to Marvel's line of treasury comics.

100
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #2 - 1974

Classic,
right-over-the-plate FF cover shot by what looks like
John Romita and Joe Sinnott. Man, Sue has some guns
on her!

Stories
include "Captive of the Deadly Duo" (FF#6),
""The Impossible Man", "A Visit
with the Fantastic Four", (both FF#11), "The
Coming of Galactus" (FF#48), "If This Be Doomsday"
(FF#49), "The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer"
(FF#50), a two-page FF family pin-up, plus "Inside
the Baxter Building"!

100
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #3 - 1974

Another
great, iconic Marvel character cover shot. This also
looks like it was by Romita and Sinnott.

Stories
are: "When Meet the Immortals", "Whom
the Gods Would Destroy", "The Hammer and the
Holocaust", "The Power of Pluto", "The
Verdict of Zeus", and "Thunder in the Netherworld",
from Journey
Into Mystery #125 and The Mighty Thor #s
126-130.
Also has a great two-page Thor pin-up by John Buscema.

100
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #4 - 1975

By
crom!

Proving
just how popular Conan was at that time, everybody's
favorite barbarian got his own treasury edition before
Captain America, The X-Men, Ironman, Daredevil, or even
the Hulk!

Features
"Rogues in the House", the great multi-part
"Red Nails" saga, a map of the Hyborian Age,
and a history of the comic by Roy Thomas. Interior art
and cover by Barry Smith.

100
pages.

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Hulk
adventures have funny names, like "Origin of The
Hulk", "The Titan and the Torment", "Let
There Be Battle" (that story with stupid Mr.Spock
fish man), "Many Foes has the Hulk" (that
so true!), "His Name is Samson", "Cry
Monster" (that story have my fight with stupid
rock man), plus cool pin-up of Hulk and all the people
that bother Hulk.

Some
art by Herb Trimpe--that Hulk's favorite. Also has cool
Hulk pin-up page by lots of other drawers.

Only
100 puny human pages? Hulk need more room than that!

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Marvel
Treasury #6 - 1975

By
the hoary hosts of hoggarth! This is one beautiful treasury
edition, with a (as you can see) stunning cover by Frank
Brunner. Really, did Stephen Strange ever look any cooler
than this?

Stories
include "The End at Last", "The Origin
of the Ancient One", and, fittingly, "The
End of the Ancient One", "To Dream--Perchance
to Die!", "Face to Face with the Magic of
Baron Mordo", "The Cult and the Curse",
"Finally, Shuma-Gorath!" and an awesome pin-up,
again by Brunner.

Check
out Frank Brunner's original art for the Dr.Strange pin-up
that ran in this book, courtesy Treasury Hunter Alex
Johnson!

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plus other treasury ads!

Marvel
Treasury #7 - 1975

Avengers
Assemble!

Marvel's
premiere superteam got the treasury treatment with this
issue. Stories include "Death Calls for the Arch-Heroes!",
the classic "Behold the Vision!", "Til
Death Do us Part", "Come On In...the Revolution's
Fine!", plus a pin-up by John Buscema. Front and
back cover by King Kirby.

Reprints
Avengers #s 52, 57, 60, and 83. Marvel's treasuries
went from 100 to 84 pages with this issue.

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Marvel
Treasury #8 - 1975

This
was one of the things I always thought Marvel did well,
better than DC. While DC had its Christmas
comics, with their characters participating
in the festivties, they always seemed a little stiff
to me. Marvel thought nothing of dressing up a terrfying
monster like the Hulk as Santa, and dropping a kid on
his lap. "Kid no like Hulk-Santa's present?!? Hulk
smash!" Just the idea that he, Spidey, Dr.Strange,
Nick Fury, and Luke Cage would all party together makes
me smile.

Stories
in this book include "Twas the Night Before Christmas",
"Spidey Goes Mad", "Jingle Bombs",
"Heaven is a Very Small Place", and "Eternity!
Eternity!"

Reprints
Nick Fury #10, Luke Cage #7, Hulk
#147, Dr.Strange #180, and, as Marvel
says, Marvel Tales #19. Since that issue was
reprinting an original issue of Spider-Man, why
that is listed as the source is anyone's guess. Maybe
someone in Marvel's production office couldn't find
a stat of the original cover so they went with the one
from Tales. Art by Ditko, Frank Springer, George
Tuska, Gene Colan, and Herb Trimpe.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #9 - 1976

A
giant book of fun! I think only to comics fans does
the phrase "team-up" mean something. And what
a great cover! An old-fashioned Marvel-style donnybrook.

Stories
include "In the Rage of Battle!" (Thing vs.
Sub-Mariner, with a killer splash (no pun intended)
by John Buscema), "In Combat with Captain America"
(Daredevil vs...guess), the bluntly-titled "The
Mighty Thor Battles the Incredible Hulk", and "The
Surfer and the Spider." Also comes with a series
of neat-o, trading card-esque half-page pin-ups (wow,
lot of hypens).

I've
read in interviews that "Big" John Buscema
didn't like doing superhero comics, but when I re-read
the Sub-Mariner story, I don't think you could tell
he wasn't too into it. The art is so dynamic and solid,
and makes this goofy, umpteenth hero-vs.-hero battle
story really come alive.

Check
out Gil Kane's original pencils for the covers for this
book, as well as Romita's inked version of the back,
courtesy our pal Ken
Landgraf!

Marvel
Treasury #10 - 1976

The
Mighty Thor was pretty popular, apparently, since he
is the first hero to get a second treasury comic. Look
at this cover by King Kirby--how awesome is that? So
solid, so colorful, it must have lept off the stands
during dreary, post-Watergate America.

Stories
include "To Wake the Mangog", "Now Ends
the Universe" (where do you go after that?), "The
Hammer and the Holocaust (oh--wait, didn't Marvel just
reprint this?), and "Behind Him Ragnarok".

Reprinted
from The Mighty Thor #s 154-157, all by Stan
Lee, Jack Kirby, and Vince Colletta.

As
you can see, Marvel began to dabble in what would later
become a big part of comics publishing--collecting a
series of connected issues under one cover. Nice job,
Marvel. Drinks all around.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #11 - 1976

Another
FF treasury, this time around, containing some of the
best of the Lee/Kirby FF issues.

Stories
include "The Master Plan of Dr.Doom", "The
Coming of the Sub-Mariner" (hmm, Sue must be involved
in that), "The Return of the Frightful Four",
and the all-time classic "This Man, This Monster."

Reprinted
from Fantastic Four #s 4,23,51, and 94.

84
pages.

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Marvel
Treasury #12 - 1976

As
it says on the Hulk's ass on the back cover, "Get
down, America!" Howard the Duck gets a treasury,
again ahead of Captain America, Daredevil, the X-Men,
or Ironman. Ouch.

Stories
include the all-new "The Duck and the Defenders",
plus "The Way It All Began", "Frog Death",
"Hellcow!", "Howard the Barbarian",
plus a two-page feature on Howard's run for prez in
1976. Features testimonials from some of Marvel's biggest
stars!

From
an interview with Steve Gerber in Back Issue #19,
here's an explanation as to why Howard received his own
treasury comic so early in his career!

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Marvel
Treasury #13 - 1976

It's
Christmas time again at Marvel!

Stories
include "'Tis the Season", (an all-new segment
featuring the FF vs the Avengers in a snowball fight!--"When
Thrown Balls of Snow!") "As Those Who Will
Not See!", "Even an Android Can Cry!",
"He Who Strikes the Silver Surfer!", and "Once
Upon a Time--The Ox!" (what a great title)

Below is a shot of the
Marvel Holiday Grab Bag-inspired drinking glass
courtesy of the company Toon
Tumblers. They make all kinds of fun stuff and
any glass inspired by a treasury comic is a glass I want
to drink out of!